Sydney Smith writes that IPSO found a news outlet may consider a voluntary action in the past fair game in the future.

The newspaper volunteered to take down the photo as a goodwill gesture and said it “understood that when one is young, one can make choices which are later regretted.”

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]]>https://ethicsadvicelineforjournalists.org/2018/03/19/archive-photo-ruled-okay/feed/0ethicsadvicelineUnplugging From The Internethttps://ethicsadvicelineforjournalists.org/2018/03/16/unplugging-from-the-internet/
https://ethicsadvicelineforjournalists.org/2018/03/16/unplugging-from-the-internet/#respondFri, 16 Mar 2018 15:47:42 +0000http://ethicsadvicelineforjournalists.org/?p=3126Unplugging from the internet, a questionable experiment: Dan Mitchell questions the accuracy of a New York Times columnist’s claim that he went offline, dispensing avuncular advice to his readers about the benefits of slowing down one’s news consumption.

“But he didn’t really unplug from social media at all,” writes Mitchell.

Its chief of news and investigations says every big project needs three components: A human element (for pathos), a new finding (preferably unearthed through public records requests) and a solution or two (for purposes of accountability).

“The Chicago Defender is a longtime voice in this (African-American) community and it is imperative that we maintain the highest level of integrity and credibility,” the newspaper said in announcing it terminated the managing editor.

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]]>https://ethicsadvicelineforjournalists.org/2018/03/14/chicago-defender-fires-managing-editor/feed/0ethicsadvicelineMangled Captionshttps://ethicsadvicelineforjournalists.org/2018/03/13/mangled-captions/
https://ethicsadvicelineforjournalists.org/2018/03/13/mangled-captions/#respondTue, 13 Mar 2018 16:06:33 +0000http://ethicsadvicelineforjournalists.org/?p=3120Mangled Captions: Sydney Smith cites news mistakes where photos are mislabeled or the photo of the wrong person is used to accompany a story.

Other common mistakes: Misspelling names, numbers, geography and details about history, politics and sports.

“Most reporters distance themselves from questions about the origin of information, so long as it remains verifiable, while tech companies tend to believe no one should restrict access to information on the internet,” he writes. “But at this particularly dangerous point in our nation’s history, reporters and Facebook alike just might be willing to embrace a new ethical obligation out of a sense of civic duty.”

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]]>https://ethicsadvicelineforjournalists.org/2018/03/12/shunning-hacked-emails/feed/0ethicsadvicelineCopying Stories Is Dangeroushttps://ethicsadvicelineforjournalists.org/2018/03/09/copying-stories-is-dangerous/
https://ethicsadvicelineforjournalists.org/2018/03/09/copying-stories-is-dangerous/#respondFri, 09 Mar 2018 17:33:17 +0000http://ethicsadvicelineforjournalists.org/?p=3116Continue reading Copying Stories Is Dangerous→]]>Repeating a mistake is a mistake: Sydney Smith cites a British Independent Press Standards Organization ruling showing the dangers of printing a story from another news outlet.

The original story was an invasion of privacy, and so was republication of that story, said the U.K. press regulator.

“The fact that this material had been published by another newspaper was not sufficient to justify this intrusion in the public interest,” it said.

“Seeking informed consent in such cases is crucial,” she writes. “But before asking Yazidi women to give consent to these stories being recorded and disseminated, journalists should have informed them about how, where and when their stories would be published or broadcast.”